NSTC Awards Academic Research Prizes, AI ECG for Early Detection Garners Attention
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) awarded academic research prizes to 160 scholars. Notably, research on AI ECG for early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and AI brainwave platforms for ADHD research, leveraging AI in medical and robotics technology, received significant attention.
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(CNA reporter Chao Min-ya, Taipei, 29th) The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) today awarded academic research prizes to a total of 160 scholars. Among them, Professor Lin Chin-sheng of the School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, developed an artificial intelligence (AI) electrocardiogram (ECG) that allows a "single 12-lead ECG" to instantly predict acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases and drive clinical decision-making, aiding early diagnosis and timely intervention.
The NSTC held its academic research awards ceremony today, presenting 35 "Outstanding Contracted Researchers," 80 "Outstanding Research Awards," and 45 "Wu Ta-You Memorial Awards" for the 2025 academic year, totaling 160 awardees. NSTC Minister Wu Tsung-tsong delivered a speech to encourage and commend the awardees for their academic achievements.
Wu Tsung-tsong stated that the NSTC bears the important responsibility of promoting national technological development, and the academic community is one of the key forces. Academic research and development is the foundation of national development; without academic research, not only would we stand still, but we would also fall behind as others advance.
Wu Tsung-tsong expressed gratitude to the outstanding scholars for their long-term efforts in making Taiwan visible to the world. He also called on scholars to continue investing in education, leading students to set ambitious goals, thinking about how to contribute to human society, conducting groundbreaking research, and expecting the younger generation to continue to surpass their predecessors.
The NSTC pointed out that the research fields of this year's awardees are highly forward-looking and diverse, embodying the integration of humanities and social sciences with cutting-edge technology, and demonstrating outstanding performance in both basic theory and frontier application fields.
Among them, Lin Chin-sheng, who received the Outstanding Research Award, is a clinical cardiologist. His team started from the needs of frontline clinical staff and dedicated themselves to AI ECG research, enabling a "single 12-lead ECG" to instantly predict acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases, helping patients receive optimal medical treatment within the golden treatment period.
Professor Ko Li-wei of the Department of Electrical Control Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, received the Outstanding Research Award. He has long been dedicated to research on wearable brain-computer interfaces for smart medical applications, collaborating with neurology, rehabilitation, and pediatrics departments in several hospitals, including with Tamsui Mackay Memorial Hospital and Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital's pediatrics departments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and children's attention research. He also collaborated with Quanta Computer to build a brainwave AI recognition platform, accumulating subject data to assist clinicians in quantifying symptoms and improving assessment efficiency.
According to NSTC data, Professor Chang Yi, a lifetime chair professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, has long focused on the research of III-V and GaN semiconductor materials, devices, and system integration. He has integrated academic achievements into industrial applications as a research guideline, establishing a representative compound semiconductor industry-academia R&D platform in Taiwan, and strengthening Taiwan's industrial foundation in high-frequency and high-power semiconductor fields, for which he received the Outstanding Contracted Researcher award.
In addition, Assistant Professor Sun Shao-hua of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute, National Taiwan University, received the Wu Ta-You Memorial Award. He focuses on robot learning, proposing and systematically developing "program-guided robot learning," which decomposes skill learning into understandable, verifiable programmatic decision structures, then combines reinforcement learning to achieve actual control. This method improves model interpretability, generalization ability, and safety, addressing key bottlenecks in current robot technology implementation. (Editor: Yang Kai-hsiang) 1150429
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(CNA reporter Chao Min-ya, Taipei, 29th) The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) today awarded academic research prizes to a total of 160 scholars. Among them, Professor Lin Chin-sheng of the School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, developed an artificial intelligence (AI) electrocardiogram (ECG) that allows a "single 12-lead ECG" to instantly predict acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases and drive clinical decision-making, aiding early diagnosis and timely intervention.
The NSTC held its academic research awards ceremony today, presenting 35 "Outstanding Contracted Researchers," 80 "Outstanding Research Awards," and 45 "Wu Ta-You Memorial Awards" for the 2025 academic year, totaling 160 awardees. NSTC Minister Wu Tsung-tsong delivered a speech to encourage and commend the awardees for their academic achievements.
Wu Tsung-tsong stated that the NSTC bears the important responsibility of promoting national technological development, and the academic community is one of the key forces. Academic research and development is the foundation of national development; without academic research, not only would we stand still, but we would also fall behind as others advance.
Wu Tsung-tsong expressed gratitude to the outstanding scholars for their long-term efforts in making Taiwan visible to the world. He also called on scholars to continue investing in education, leading students to set ambitious goals, thinking about how to contribute to human society, conducting groundbreaking research, and expecting the younger generation to continue to surpass their predecessors.
The NSTC pointed out that the research fields of this year's awardees are highly forward-looking and diverse, embodying the integration of humanities and social sciences with cutting-edge technology, and demonstrating outstanding performance in both basic theory and frontier application fields.
Among them, Lin Chin-sheng, who received the Outstanding Research Award, is a clinical cardiologist. His team started from the needs of frontline clinical staff and dedicated themselves to AI ECG research, enabling a "single 12-lead ECG" to instantly predict acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases, helping patients receive optimal medical treatment within the golden treatment period.
Professor Ko Li-wei of the Department of Electrical Control Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, received the Outstanding Research Award. He has long been dedicated to research on wearable brain-computer interfaces for smart medical applications, collaborating with neurology, rehabilitation, and pediatrics departments in several hospitals, including with Tamsui Mackay Memorial Hospital and Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital's pediatrics departments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and children's attention research. He also collaborated with Quanta Computer to build a brainwave AI recognition platform, accumulating subject data to assist clinicians in quantifying symptoms and improving assessment efficiency.
According to NSTC data, Professor Chang Yi, a lifetime chair professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, has long focused on the research of III-V and GaN semiconductor materials, devices, and system integration. He has integrated academic achievements into industrial applications as a research guideline, establishing a representative compound semiconductor industry-academia R&D platform in Taiwan, and strengthening Taiwan's industrial foundation in high-frequency and high-power semiconductor fields, for which he received the Outstanding Contracted Researcher award.
In addition, Assistant Professor Sun Shao-hua of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute, National Taiwan University, received the Wu Ta-You Memorial Award. He focuses on robot learning, proposing and systematically developing "program-guided robot learning," which decomposes skill learning into understandable, verifiable programmatic decision structures, then combines reinforcement learning to achieve actual control. This method improves model interpretability, generalization ability, and safety, addressing key bottlenecks in current robot technology implementation. (Editor: Yang Kai-hsiang) 1150429
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